Landrián

  • Introduction

    Lázaro González is a filmmaker from Cuba, a doctoral candidate in the UC Berkeley Department of Film & Media, and the guest curator of Cuban Cinema without Borders.

In the 1960s, Nicolás Guillén Landrián became Cuba’s first Black filmmaker. His distinctive style and persona eventually clashed with the authorities of the Cuban Revolution. His films were censored, and he was imprisoned and subject to psychiatric internment. Landrián ultimately exiled to Miami, where he passed away in 2003. In 2019 I learned that the negatives of Landrián’s films were poorly kept and about to be lost forever. I led an effort to restore these “cursed” movies and made a documentary about the process. With my film, I hope to introduce contemporary audiences to Landrián’s visionary films while condemning the injustices that were committed against him.

Ernesto Daranas Serrano
FILM DETAILS 
Screenwriter
  • Ernesto Daranas Serrano
  • Ania Molina Alonso
Cinematographer
  • Ángel Alderete Gómez
Language
  • Spanish
  • with English Subtitles
Print Info
  • B&W/Color
  • DCP
  • 80 mins
Source
  • Altahabana Films

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